A 1922 popular song.
Words and music by George M. Cohan.
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Easy, very easy, when you know the way it’s done
You can have a lot of fun
With the Hinky Dee, if you’ll do it with me
It’s easy, very easy, and it’s done in ev’ry one
Of the Honky Tonks away out west
The Honky Tonks all like it best
It’s very simple to do
Come on I’ll teach it to you
Refrain
When you do the Hinky Dee
You’re sure to find it just as easy as it can be
When you do the Hinky Dee
It’s just a funny little trick of bending the knee
One, two, three you see
Then you bend the knee
Keep your eyes upon me
Right to left to right don’t you hold her tight
Make her easy and free
When you do the Hinky Dee
You’re sure to feel as if you’re sailing over the sea
When you do the Hinky Dee
I wish you’d send for me
Because you’ve got to get the gait
Get the gait, get the gait of it
When you get the gait don’t you wait
Or hesitate a bit baby look a-here, look a-here
You’ve only got to follow me to Hinky Dee
- Easy, very easy, as you glide along the floor
If you’ve ever danced before
When you catch the trick, you can pick it up quick
It’s easy, very easy, you will like it more and more
It’s a step for me, a step for you
A step that any child can do
It’s very simple you see
Come on and do it with me
Sung here by Fred Feild: